1 Kings 9:17

So then Solomon built Gezer, and Beth-horon, the nether,

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And Solomon built Gezer, and Beth-horon the nether,

In Context

16Pharaoh king of Egypt, had gone up and captured Gezer, and burned it with fire, the Canaanites also who were dwelling in the city, had he slain,—and had given it as a dowry, to his daughter, wife of Solomon.

18and Baalath and Tadmor in the wilderness, in the land;

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Cross References

Joshua 16:3and descendeth westward, unto the boundary of the Japhletites, as far as the boundary of Bethhoron the nether, and as far as Gezer,—and the extensions thereof are to the sea.

Joshua 21:22and Kibzaim, with her pasture land, and Beth-horon, with her pasture land,—four cities.

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 9:16-28

Solomon's Buildings; Solomon's Greatness. ( b. c. 991.) 15 And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for to build the house of the Lord , and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer. 16 For Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burnt it with fire, and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the city, and given it for a present unto his daughter, Solomon's wife. 17 And Solomon built Gezer, and Beth-horon the nether, 18 And Baalath, and… Read the whole commentary →

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